Kerry's Fighting Story 1916 - 1921

Told By The Men Who Made It With A Unique Pictorial Record of the Period

The Kerryman, Brian Ó Conchubhair

• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781781170762
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Almost a century ago a small body of men engaged in combat with the armed forces of an Empire. Militarily they were weak. Their strength lay in their faith in their cause and in the unflinching support of a civilian population which refused to be cowed by threats or by violence.This new edition of Kerry's Fighting Stories features stories and reports from every aspect of the conflict, from the formation of the Volunteers in Kerry early in the twentieth century, through the first casualties as the Easter Rising took its toll and on to the campaigns in the East and West of the county during the war of Independence itself. With barracks attacks, ambushes, shootings and even engagements with warships, it brings to life a conflict that is fading from the collective memory of the county and country.Kerry's Fighting Stories offers a fascinating perspective on the struggle for independence in Kerry directly from the men who took part in the actions themselves.

Table of contents

• Map of County Kerry
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Foreword
• Formation and Development of the Volunteers
• The German Expedition to Tralee Bay
• Kerry’s Place in the General Plan, 1916
• Casement and His Coming to Kerry
• Kerry in Holy Week 1916 and After
• There was No Blunder in Kerry
• Kerry was Prepared and Ready
• The First Casualties of 1916
• Kerry Heroes of the Rising
• Let me Carry Your Cross for Ireland, Lord!
• In Memory of Thomas Ashe
• A House of Memories
• Conscription and the General Election of 1918
• Gortatlea First Barrack Attack and Casualties
• Police Attacked and Disarmed at Camp
• A Listowel Sensation of 1918
• Attacks on Gortatlea, Scartaglin and Brosna Barracks
• Caused Mutiny in Listowel, Shot in Cork
• The Sack of Tralee
• The Mock Battle of Tralee
• A Chivalrous English Journalist
• The Lispole Ambush
• The Fatal Challenge of Major Mckinnon
• Military Ambushed at Headford Junction
• Police Patrol Annihilated at Castlemaine
• The Campaign in North Kerry
• The Campaign in East Kerry
• The Campaign in West Kerry
• Work of a Killarney Intelligence Officer
• Tralee Fianna Éireann at War
• British Truce-Breakers in Tralee
• British Warship Engaged in Kenmare Bay
• In The Fight with Cumann Na Mban
• Other Titles from Mercier Press
• Images
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